Scorpions revenge was a fresh take on this beautiful franchise that is spanning towards it's third decade. As a fan of the video games since it's inception in the family com and Sega consoles I'd always wanted an adaptation that will be true to the theme of the games and MK:Scorpion's Revenge delivered on that note a bit masterfully.
The sequel MK:BOTR was quite the hit and miss for me. The character premise were spot on but could have done with a bit more development. The voice actors did a wonderful job and I dare say Joel McHale's Johnny cage was my favourite. Their portrayals were very true to the source material unlike the recent movie where the functions of Raiden and Liu kang were questionable.
The problem with this movie is that it tried to cram in too much into one plot in an attempt to be epic. Mortal Kombat has enough material, in my opinion, to span across three or four movies but they meshed up the various storylines into an insufficient runtime which made the plot a bit too incoherent. Various dynamics could have been explored further. There's the Shaolin monks' plotline that could have been enjoyable to watch but there was hardly any interaction between Kung Lao and Liu kang. The Fire and Ice storyline took a direction that was well handled and it was even a delight to have the Lin Kuei grandmaster portrayed in this one.
In the gore department, it delivered and I'm sure fans will be duly satisfied. The fatalities were handled creatively except for the motivations of a character like Shao Kahn whose choice on who's worthy of fatalities is questionable.
Overall an enjoyable movie. Animation, fight choreography, score and voicing were spot on. Highly recommended.
The sequel MK:BOTR was quite the hit and miss for me. The character premise were spot on but could have done with a bit more development. The voice actors did a wonderful job and I dare say Joel McHale's Johnny cage was my favourite. Their portrayals were very true to the source material unlike the recent movie where the functions of Raiden and Liu kang were questionable.
The problem with this movie is that it tried to cram in too much into one plot in an attempt to be epic. Mortal Kombat has enough material, in my opinion, to span across three or four movies but they meshed up the various storylines into an insufficient runtime which made the plot a bit too incoherent. Various dynamics could have been explored further. There's the Shaolin monks' plotline that could have been enjoyable to watch but there was hardly any interaction between Kung Lao and Liu kang. The Fire and Ice storyline took a direction that was well handled and it was even a delight to have the Lin Kuei grandmaster portrayed in this one.
In the gore department, it delivered and I'm sure fans will be duly satisfied. The fatalities were handled creatively except for the motivations of a character like Shao Kahn whose choice on who's worthy of fatalities is questionable.
Overall an enjoyable movie. Animation, fight choreography, score and voicing were spot on. Highly recommended.